Fair enough - I would probably do something similar too. But far too many people don't understand the difference between executables and documents, and could easily fall for something like this.
Viruses are not necessarily the concern here. A Trojan horse, disguised as whatever (joke application, music player, image extraction tool, etc) can easily spider a machine and its network drives, and send interesting files to someone who cares (competitor, client, etc). Since it would be custom coded for one site, and there is nothing bad about what it is doing (even assuming reasonable network / OS security - it's just a process reading files, which happens all the time), it would not be seen by virus scanners at all.
The UFRaw plugin actually does all manipulations in 16 bits, which is nice. Of course, once loaded into the Gimp, it takes it back down.
All things considered, UFRaw is a decent tool, in combination with the Gimp. It may not be the best for professionals, but I have done a great deal of semi-professional work with it (I have sold some, but due to lack of time have not had the chance to pursue this as much as I would have liked), and it worked very well for me. Of course, YMMV.
He gave an explanation in there as to why the antimatter was more likely to fall in than the matter; I don't remember the details offhand. A quick search reveals the following interesting sites:
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040925/bob9. asp This site seems geared more towards the non-techincal reader, but it includes this paragraph, paraphrasing Stephen Hawking, which seems to support my earlier statements:
Hawking came to this view when he introduced some of the elements of quantum theory to black hole physics. According to quantum theory, the vacuum of space isn't empty but seethes with pairs of elementary particles winking in and out of existence. One partner in each pair has negative energy, which keeps that particle gravitationally bound to the black hole, while the other has positive energy, which gives it enough oomph to escape from a black hole.
In short, I don't know (I am a computer nerd, not a physicist); I am simply parroting what I have read 8-)
OK, thanks for that info. I thought that my previous post was correct based on A Brief History of Time, which (if I understood it correctly) said just that, even the parts about antimatter being more likely to fall into the black hole. Perhaps I misunderstood, or perhaps there have been new discoveries made.
Unfortunately, it is currently thought that black holes do *not* constantly grow, but instead will actually shrink (Stephen Hawking calls it 'evaporation'). It's hard to explain in a/. post, but essentially there are virtual particle pairs which are always popping into existence everywhere. If these pairs happen to occur on the event horizon of the black hole, one of them will fall into it. Due to some phyics which I don't understand, it is more likely to be antimatter which falls into it. The antimatter particle and the black hole matter annihalate each other, the black hole loses mass, and the other part of the virtual particle pair goes away from the black hole as radiation (which is how black holes can actually emit radiation, even though light itself cannot escape the gravitational pull).
I didn't explain this as well as Prof. Hawking did; if you are interested, please take a look at his works.
I am very concerned about the proposed new amendments to copyright law, especially the so-called Digital Rights Management. I consider this to be counter productive for consumers specifically, and society in general. While I support artists rights to ensure compensation for their works (I am in fact a musician myself), I don't agree with implementing technical enforcements of this. By definition, using technology in this way prevents even fair use of artistic works - a computer cannot judge the intent behind creating a copy of a work any more than a photocopier can.
Once we as a society lose the ability to archive and share artistic works, we have in essence lost that which makes us a society. Today we can understand in a small way the culture of our forefathers, in great part due to the great works of literature, music, and art of previous generations which we still have available to us. I fear that once we impose technology on ourselves which limits the storage of similar works today, our children and future generations will lose their glimpse of what made Canada such a great nation today.
This issue is much larger than just the music industry lobbyists pushing for tighter controls of illegal copies of songs; the threat of DRM more than outweighs the supposed loss of CD sales. This issue is about Canadian citizens selling the future of our unique culture for a short term payoff.
Thank you for listening; I would greatly appreciate a short reply to confirm that you have received this message.
I am a Christian and a Mormon, and I believe that evolution is compatible with both aforementioned titles for my faith. I don't see what the big deal is about (but then again, I'm not an American, and don't have all the fundamentalists messing up the education system and spouting off their 'theories'...)
Cheers
--Wyatt
True it's not metric, but here in Calgary Canada (where the research company is based), land is still measured in acres. The rural road system, created long before the switch to metric, is based on a mile grid, thus separating land into Sections (1 mile * 1 mile). Each Section is equal to a number of acres (640 acres / section, IIRC).
From what I understand, this is the same as the system in the States...
I have recently released the first stable version of Buddi, an open source (GPL) Java program made specifically for home finance and budgeting. While it does not do everything (and it is not meant to do everything - one of the design goals was to keep it simple), I think it is coming along nicely. It is steadily increasing in the SF.net rankings, and as of now has almost 1000 downloads. Give it a shot, and see how you like it!
http://buddi.sourceforge.net/
No, the obvious solution is to drop a giant ice cube into the ocean, thus cooling the earth. This is the only way to permanently stop global warming. PERMANENTLY!
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I think you are referring to this
Philips makes one too... http://www.memoryexpress.com/index.php?PageTag=&pa ge=file&memx_menu=EmbedProductDetail.php&DisplayPr oductID=7895&SID=
Fair enough - I would probably do something similar too. But far too many people don't understand the difference between executables and documents, and could easily fall for something like this.
Viruses are not necessarily the concern here. A Trojan horse, disguised as whatever (joke application, music player, image extraction tool, etc) can easily spider a machine and its network drives, and send interesting files to someone who cares (competitor, client, etc). Since it would be custom coded for one site, and there is nothing bad about what it is doing (even assuming reasonable network / OS security - it's just a process reading files, which happens all the time), it would not be seen by virus scanners at all.
It's the better hemisphere. (It's the same way on Mars, too!)
The UFRaw plugin actually does all manipulations in 16 bits, which is nice. Of course, once loaded into the Gimp, it takes it back down.
All things considered, UFRaw is a decent tool, in combination with the Gimp. It may not be the best for professionals, but I have done a great deal of semi-professional work with it (I have sold some, but due to lack of time have not had the chance to pursue this as much as I would have liked), and it worked very well for me. Of course, YMMV.
He gave an explanation in there as to why the antimatter was more likely to fall in than the matter; I don't remember the details offhand. A quick search reveals the following interesting sites:
http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Har rison/BlackHoleThermo/BlackHoleThermo.html (Look in the 'Black Hole Thermodynamics' section)
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040925/bob9. asp This site seems geared more towards the non-techincal reader, but it includes this paragraph, paraphrasing Stephen Hawking, which seems to support my earlier statements:
In short, I don't know (I am a computer nerd, not a physicist); I am simply parroting what I have read 8-)
Cheers
OK, thanks for that info. I thought that my previous post was correct based on A Brief History of Time, which (if I understood it correctly) said just that, even the parts about antimatter being more likely to fall into the black hole. Perhaps I misunderstood, or perhaps there have been new discoveries made.
Cheers
Unfortunately, it is currently thought that black holes do *not* constantly grow, but instead will actually shrink (Stephen Hawking calls it 'evaporation'). It's hard to explain in a /. post, but essentially there are virtual particle pairs which are always popping into existence everywhere. If these pairs happen to occur on the event horizon of the black hole, one of them will fall into it. Due to some phyics which I don't understand, it is more likely to be antimatter which falls into it. The antimatter particle and the black hole matter annihalate each other, the black hole loses mass, and the other part of the virtual particle pair goes away from the black hole as radiation (which is how black holes can actually emit radiation, even though light itself cannot escape the gravitational pull).
I didn't explain this as well as Prof. Hawking did; if you are interested, please take a look at his works.
Cheers
I wrote mine. I have the fortune of being in Calgary SW, so I get to write to the Prime Minister himself:
y right-canada.html, which I find troubling.
Hello Mr. Harper,
This is my first time writing to you, as a new constituent in your area. I am writing in regards to an article I read today on CBC.ca. http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/01/11/cop
I am very concerned about the proposed new amendments to copyright law, especially the so-called Digital Rights Management. I consider this to be counter productive for consumers specifically, and society in general. While I support artists rights to ensure compensation for their works (I am in fact a musician myself), I don't agree with implementing technical enforcements of this. By definition, using technology in this way prevents even fair use of artistic works - a computer cannot judge the intent behind creating a copy of a work any more than a photocopier can.
Once we as a society lose the ability to archive and share artistic works, we have in essence lost that which makes us a society. Today we can understand in a small way the culture of our forefathers, in great part due to the great works of literature, music, and art of previous generations which we still have available to us. I fear that once we impose technology on ourselves which limits the storage of similar works today, our children and future generations will lose their glimpse of what made Canada such a great nation today.
This issue is much larger than just the music industry lobbyists pushing for tighter controls of illegal copies of songs; the threat of DRM more than outweighs the supposed loss of CD sales. This issue is about Canadian citizens selling the future of our unique culture for a short term payoff.
Thank you for listening; I would greatly appreciate a short reply to confirm that you have received this message.
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I am a Christian and a Mormon, and I believe that evolution is compatible with both aforementioned titles for my faith. I don't see what the big deal is about (but then again, I'm not an American, and don't have all the fundamentalists messing up the education system and spouting off their 'theories'...) Cheers --Wyatt
Well of course - we all know that the dark matter in the universe is actually the styrofoam from packing crates!
True it's not metric, but here in Calgary Canada (where the research company is based), land is still measured in acres. The rural road system, created long before the switch to metric, is based on a mile grid, thus separating land into Sections (1 mile * 1 mile). Each Section is equal to a number of acres (640 acres / section, IIRC). From what I understand, this is the same as the system in the States...
It's just as if I were playing Virtual Skeeball!
I have recently released the first stable version of Buddi, an open source (GPL) Java program made specifically for home finance and budgeting. While it does not do everything (and it is not meant to do everything - one of the design goals was to keep it simple), I think it is coming along nicely. It is steadily increasing in the SF.net rankings, and as of now has almost 1000 downloads. Give it a shot, and see how you like it! http://buddi.sourceforge.net/
My post was a while ago too... let me see if I can find the link again... Here we go: http://www.apple.com/feedback/pages.html
I have already filed a bug / feature request to Apple for this. All those who think it would be a Good Thing (tm), please do the same.
No, the obvious solution is to drop a giant ice cube into the ocean, thus cooling the earth. This is the only way to permanently stop global warming. PERMANENTLY!